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The '''Major League Soccer Inaugural Allocations''' were signed by the league beginning with [[Tab Ramos]] on January 5, 1995. [[Major League Soccer]] then distributed to the ten initial teams prior to the beginning of the [[Major League Soccer 1996 season|inaugural 1996 season]]. Each team was [[allocation (MLS)|allocated]] four marquee players <ref>[https://90soccer.com/the-marquee-players-of-the-1996-mls-season/ 1996 marquee players - 90soccer.com- Ken Salmon] </ref> prior to the February [[1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft]].

==[[Colorado Rapids]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Marcelo Balboa]]
*{{Flagicon|ZAF}} [[Shaun Bartlett]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dominic Kinnear]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Roy Wegerle]]

==[[Columbus Crew]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Bliss]]
*{{Flagicon|ZAF}} [[Doctor Khumalo]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Maisonneuve]]
*{{Flagicon|URY}} [[Adrián Paz]]

==[[F.C. Dallas|Dallas Burn]]==
*{{Flagicon|COL}} [[Leonel Álvarez (footballer, born 1965)|Leonel Álvarez]]
*{{Flagicon|URY}} [[Washington Rodríguez (soccer)|Washington Rodríguez]]
*{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Hugo Sánchez]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Santel]]

==[[D.C. United]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Agoos]]
*{{Flagicon|BOL}} [[Marco Etcheverry]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Harkes]]
*{{Flagicon|BOL}} [[Juan Berthy Suárez]]

==[[Kansas City Wiz]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Klopas]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Preki]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sorber]]
*{{Flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Vitalis Takawira]]

==[[Los Angeles Galaxy]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dan Calichman]]
*{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Jorge Campos]]
*{{Flagicon|SLV}} [[Mauricio Cienfuegos]]
*{{Flagicon|ECU}} [[Eduardo Hurtado]]

==[[New York Red Bulls|NY/NJ MetroStars]]==
*{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Donadoni]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Meola]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tab Ramos]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Damian Silvera]]

==[[New England Revolution]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Burns (soccer)|Mike Burns]]<ref name="revolution">{{cite web |title=2018 New England Revolution Media Guide – Coach and Player Registry |url=https://newengland-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/elfinderimages/media/ClubHistory_CoachandPlayerRegistry.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180612135826/https://newengland-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/elfinderimages/media/ClubHistory_CoachandPlayerRegistry.pdf |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |publisher=[[New England Revolution]] |accessdate=September 12, 2024 |pages=32–34}}</ref>
*{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Galderisi]]<ref name="revolution" />
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Alexi Lalas]]<ref name="revolution" />
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jim St. Andre]]<ref name="revolution" />

==[[San Jose Clash]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Doyle (soccer, born 1966)|John Doyle]]
*{{Flagicon|NGA}} [[Michael Emenalo]]
*{{Flagicon|NGA}} [[Ben Iroha]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Wynalda]]

==[[Tampa Bay Mutiny]]==
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Cle Kooiman]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Roy Lassiter]]
*{{Flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Valderrama]]
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Martín Vásquez]]

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